Floating solar power installations are perceived as more attractive since no land is required and grid interconnections are available for certain dams.

Indonesia’s ‘island of the Gods’ could serve as a living laboratory for a nation still in the early stages of renewable energy development.

Coal-dependent Indonesia has huge solar potential but progress toward a net zero economy has been sluggish, explain Daniel Kurniawan and Fabby Tumiwa from the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), an Indonesian thinktank.

Fabby Tumiwa is executive director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform, an energy and environmental policy think tank in Jakarta, and chairman of the Indonesian Solar Energy Association. Marlistya Citraningrum is program manager for sustainable energy access at the institute and managing director of its SolarHub information portal.